Libertarian Republican Eric Dondero is excited by a quote from Senator Hedlund

The tendentious Eric Dondero, self-proclaimed Libertarian Republican, is intrigued that state Senator Robert Hedlund is “the go-to guy” for a quote in the Boston Herald.

The Hedlund quote:

“They are freaked out,” state Sen. Robert Hedlund (R-Weymouth) said after U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry, Victoria Kennedy and the party’s Senate campaign committee all rushed to back Markey, a consummate Washington insider.

“Let them coalesce and let them have a non-primary situation and keep the rust on him,” Hedlund said of the 19-term Democrat, who has never had a serious re-election fight but would likely face battle-tested Republican Scott Brown in the race to fill Kerry’s seat. “Fine by me. You’re going to have a huge contrast in how those two will campaign.”

Dondero praises Hedlund as the sort of libertarian that could appeal to his faction in the GOP — though the former “disgrunlted” aide to Ron Paul doesn’t raise the possibility of a Hedlund for U.S. candidacy.

“Bob Hedlund is an all-around libertarian: Hardline free marketeer, devotee of Austrian economics, supporting an end to the Fed, a return to the gold standard. Hedlund’s also stridently anti-moocher, last year introducing legislation to stop EBT card users from using taxpayer dollars to buy booze, cigarettes, junk food and crack cocaine.

Bob Hedlund is a breath of fresh air in the MA GOP. From what I heard Hedlund was also against the Iraq War, a wise position in hindsight and one that might put him at odds with “national defense” libertarian Dondero.